Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, the Times’ soccer writer, and we start today with the U.S. national team, which last weekend finally filled a coaching vacancy that had stood open for nearly 14 months.
And if the fact the job went to Gregg Berhalter seemed like old news, it’s only because it kind of was.
Berhalter, the Columbus Crew’s manager and sporting director the last five seasons, was the heavy favorite for the position from the moment Earnie Stewart, U.